Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
In this tutorial, Point Blank’s Course Content Developer, Chris Martin, demonstrates how you can use broken chords and arpeggios to write affective hooks and basslines. This technique can be used across a range of genres from trap to techno when writing catchy melodic hooks or basslines. Taking inspiration from Maya Jane Coles’ 2011 track, ‘What They Say‘, […]
The post Music Theory Hacks: Easy Hooks and Melodies with Broken Chords and Arpeggios appeared first on Point Blank’s Online Magazine.
We welcome another artist into the depths of Orsman Road to deconstruct one of her biggest tracks. Flava D has been on our radar for years with her blend of Garage, House, Grime, Funky and Bassline. With tracks out on labels like Butterz and Local Action, it’s not like we’re the only ones, either. For […]
The post Watch Flava D (Butterz, Local Action, Night Bass) Break Down Her Track ‘Happy’ appeared first on Point Blank’s Online Magazine.
The bassline is often the most important part of a track although it rarely gets the recognition it deserves. A great bassline either holds the music together, combines with a kick to provide the backbone of the track, or even comes screaming out of your speakers to take the lead. But with such varied uses, […]
The post Learn seven ways to get better bass appeared first on Point Blank’s Online Magazine.
For our latest track breakdown video, we were blessed by the presence of a true UK legend in DJ Q, who along with the likes of T2 and Paleface, was the face of bassline when it blew up from the north of England in the mid-2000s. To this day, he is consistently releasing UK Bass bangers spanning grime, […]
The post Making a Bassline Banger with DJ Q: ‘Time to Shine’ Breakdown in Ableton appeared first on Point Blank’s Online Magazine.
It’s week two of DJ Suketu’s studies on the second module of our Complete Electronic Music Production course online. DJ Suketu is one of India’s top DJs and also runs The Music Inc (TMI), one of Mumbai’s finest musical institutions. Last week we caught up with him after the first week of the Electronic Music Production […]
The post Top Indian DJ/Producer Suketu Studies Online w/ Point Blank. Watch Week 2 of the Vlog Here appeared first on Point Blank’s Online Magazine.
As co-founder of The Music Inc (TMI) and one of India’s top DJs, DJ Suketu is back to show what even those with his kind of experience can learn with Point Blank, continuing his weekly vlog series. Suketu is now three weeks into ourComplete Electronic Music Production online course. Watch below as he tells us how he found […]
The post Top Indian DJ/Producer Suketu Studies Online w/ Point Blank. Watch Week 3 of the Vlog Here appeared first on Point Blank’s Online Magazine.